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Dabo Swinney discusses preparations ahead of Championship

And Deshaun Watson, I think, with a performance he’s capable of if he plays his best game, you can make the argument that he’s the best player in college football.

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“They’re by far clearly the best that we’ve seen”, Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said. Those who live and breathe Phoenix everyday say it’s a great place to explore.

“We’re appreciative of the NCAA working with us in granting this waiver to assist in our preparations for next Monday’s game while maintaining our commitment to student-athlete welfare”, Clemson athletic director Dan Radakovich said in a statement.

“He would write everything down… all the stuff I’d tell them every day about the different patterns they’d run, or different angles they’d need to take on specific plays, ” McCorvey said.

Just like in 1992, McCorvey will be there to advise Swinney when the Tigers meet the Crimson Tide at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson vs. Alabama’s secondary Watson backed up his Heisman-finalist recognition by shining brightly on the big stage against Oklahoma.

Said Saban-“You know I like Dabo”. Clemson has only won one national championship and it would be good this 2015 team to be talked about like the 1981 team.

Vince Young mesmerized the college football world with his epic performance in the 2006 Rose Bowl against USC when he ran for 200 yards and passed for 267 more, leading Texas to a 41-38 victory and the national championship.

It was actually former Alabama offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier who was at the helm when the Tide offered Watson.

“Pete Carroll used to say, ‘Anybody can do it one time, but if we’re going to have a championship program, you’re going to have to do it again and again and again, ‘” Kiffin said Wednesday afternoon during a news conference in Tuscaloosa.

It is a dominating stretch under the leadership of Nick Saban that surpasses what USC accomplished, leaving Kiffin thankful that lightning has managed to strike twice.

“We wanted him”, Smart said. Getting everybody to follow the process and having the discipline to execute that on a day-to-day basis, on a game-to-game basis all season long and get everybody to buy into those things, that’s the hard part and that’s what this team has done a really good job of. We do have a couple of wrinkles in our plan of attack, but a lot of it is going to be what we’ve done all season. After an unexpected loss at home against Ole Miss in week 3 of the season, Alabama faced an uphill battle to stay in contention.

I’ve got a newsflash for all you out there: Clemson football will win the game and it doesn’t have to be a perfect-out either. But you never know until they go out there.

Henry, who totaled 90 carries in the two previous games, probably will have 30 or more against Clemson and threaten 200 yards.

“They haven’t done that at all this year, and I don’t think they’ll start in this game”, Spears said.

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McCorvey has witnessed Swinney’s rise from championship player to coach.

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